WILL GOOGLE, MICROSOFT, YAHOO AND THE OTHERS REALLY FIGHT FOR NET NEUTRALITY?

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: April 20, 2006 8:46:27 AM EDT
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Subject: [Dewayne-Net] WILL GOOGLE, MICROSOFT, YAHOO AND THE OTHERS  
REALLY FIGHT FOR NET NEUTRALITY?
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WILL GOOGLE, MICROSOFT, YAHOO AND THE OTHERS REALLY FIGHT FOR NET  
NEUTRALITY?

[SOURCE: Digital Destiny, AUTHOR: Jeff Chester]
[Comentary] Word from sources in Congress say that the major  
companies arguing for network neutrality have failed so far to  
demonstrate they are seriously committed to seeing legislation  
passed. While the CEO’s from the Bell companies, we were told, glad- 
handed members of Congress, leading online companies have been  
largely MIA.  Imagine if on its home pages Google, Yahoo!, and  
Microsoft’s MSN urged users to take action and asked them to save the  
Internet. Congress would be overwhelmed with angry emails and  
letters. The Bell/cable industry “grass-tops” faux campaign would be  
seen as a very minor, paid-for, outcry. But we wonder whether Google,  
Microsoft and Yahoo! really want to see network neutrality  
legislation? They must have serious misgivings, since they have done  
such an incompetent and half-hearted lobbying effort so far.  
Certainly they are thinking about the downsides of legislation. For  
today’s call for network neutrality could (and should) lead to other  
legislative safeguards, such as protecting privacy online. Microsoft,  
Google, and Yahoo! fear that such privacy safeguards would threaten  
their interactive advertising/data collection digital golden gooses.

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